Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 731-200, John Furman, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Furman John
B.L. 731-2nd Lieut.
Issued June 9. 1791.
No papers.
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Officers
President , CHESTER E. HOWELL, 455 W. Gray St., Elmira 1st V. Pres. , RAY D. HERRINGTON, Waverly 2nd V. Pres. , CAPT. L. S. VAN DUZER, Horseheads Secretary , CHAS. G. LAY, 404 Euclid Ave., Elmira Treasurer , W. HENRY VAN DUZER, 1206 W. Water St., Elmira Registrar , DR. BERT O. CHAPMAN, 322 Horner St., Elmira Historian , GEO. W. BROOKS, 601 Foster Ave., Elmira Chaplain , HARRISON S. CHAPMAN, 1061 W. Water St., Elmira
NEWTOWN-BATTLE CHAPTER EMPIRE STATE SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ELMIRA, NEW YORK
404 Euclid Avenue, October 7, 1938.
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ROSCOE C. BEEBE ALLYN P. HOFFMAN CLIFFORD B. WHITE
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S. FRENCH ISZARD HARVEY O. HUTCHISON RANSOM T. LEWIS
Veterans Administration, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
This Chapter would like to know if the following soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War filed any claim for pension or bounty land on account of his services:
Furman, John (N. Y.) 2nd Lieut. 5th New York, 21st Nov. 1776; taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery, 6th Oct., 1777; exchanged 9th Nov. 1780; 1st Lieut 1st Sept., 1778; transferred to 1st N. Y. 1st Jan., 1781, and served to June, 1783.
Walton, William Served in the 11th Regt. Conn. Line, detached to serve until January. Kingsley, Conn.
Woodruff, Enoch: Born in Milford Conn. in 1742; died there March 5, 1786; Capt. of troop of horse in the 1st Regt. of New Haven, under Col. Gold Selleck Silliman.
Any information that you may be able to give will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully yours,
Chas G. Lay Secretary.

November 25, 1938.
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Mr. Charles G. Lay 404 Euclid Avenue Elmira, New York
BA/J-ady John Furman B.L.Wt.No.731-200
Dear Sir:
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that warrant No.731 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued June 9, 1791, on account of the services of John Furman, Lieutenant of the New York Line, War of the Revolution.
There are no further information on file as to his services, nor any data on file as to his family, due to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned in November 1800.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

November 23, 1938
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BA-J/MLB
Mr. Charles G. Lay 404 Euclid Avenue Elmira, New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of the following persons who served in the Revolutionary War: John Furman, lieutenant in the New York troops; William Walton of Kingsley, Connecticut, who served in the Connecticut troops, and Enoch Woodruff, who was born in 1742 in Milford, Connecticut, served as captain of a troop of horse in a New Haven regiment, and died March 5, 1786.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of a William Walton of Connecticut, nor of any Enoch Woodruff. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. It is suggested that information in regard to their military service might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
You are furnished herewith the record of John Furman.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

February 26, 1932.
BA-J/ADY
Mr. Charles S. Pitcher, 51 North Thirty-Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one John Furman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
You are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this office show that Warrant No. 731 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued June 9, 1791 on account of the services of John Furman, Lieutenant of the New York Line, War of the Revolution.
There are no further information on file as to his services, nor any data on file as to his family, due to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned in November 1800.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to Jonathan Platt.
Very truly yours,
A. D. FILLER Assistant to Administrator.
See letter in Miles Forman, L. 23638.

9.2.11 Rev. War Section.
April 19, 1915.
Mrs. Edward Howlett, 345 W. Huron Street, Pontiac, Michigan.
Madam:
In response to your letter received the 14 th instant you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau show that warrant No. 731 for 200 acres of bounty land issued June 9, 1791, on account of the services of John Furman who was a Lieutenant in New York troops. There is no data as to his family and no further information concerning him as his papers are not on file, the same having been destroyed in the conflagration of the War Office in 1800.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Stratton Commissioner.